BlackBerry has allegedly agreed to set up a server in Bangladesh, and if it is implemented, the country’s intelligence agencies will have access to its subscribers’ information. Apparently, this decision came at a meeting between Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) and BlackBerry officials, which took place in Dhaka recently. At the moment, BlackBerry has been providing services in Dhaka without a server there, so there is no easy legal access to the classified information of more than 6,000 subscribers, which is putting national security at risk, BTRC sources claimed. Continue reading →

BlackBerry’s security incident response team has issued two advisories warning BlackBerry Z10 and PlayBook tablet users to update to the latest version of the operating system and software on both platforms. These patches address a remote code-execution vulnerability in the Adobe Flash Player integrated into the BlackBerry products, as well as a privilege escalation flaw in the BlackBerry OS. You are strongly advised to update these devices to BlackBerry 10 OS version 10.0.10.648 or later and version 2.1.0.1526 of the PlayBook software. So if you have not updated, perhaps its time to do so! Continue reading →

Digging in OS 10.2 that was recently launched as the Dev build and an alpha build leaked out earlier this week, the guys over at BerryReview spotted this interesting tibit. BlackBerry now finally added a Screen Capture API both in native and Cascades paving the way for applications to save a screenshot into the camera roll – identical to what happens where the volume button screenshot keys are pressed. In addition, BlackBerry has specifically stated support for the Android Open Accessory Protocol which allows devices to easily be detected and setup communication with your BlackBerry 10 device. Continue reading →

Bought an application or game from the BlackBerry AppWorld but it turned out to be horrible? Well, many of us must have experienced this before but getting a solution or a refund to this was pretty much an issue. Now, here’s the answer to your problem! Continue reading →

BlackBerry has quietly launched BES 10.1 as a service, an update to the original service launched earlier this year. No press release has been released about this new development but BlackBerry has begun to talk openly about it. Have your company updated yet? Continue reading →

Are you in the UK now or have friends there? Well, if you do, you are in luck! Grazia and Blackberry have teamed up recently for a create-your-own-phone-case competition. But the catch? Its only for UK residents. Continue reading →

Now that BlackBerry has transited over to BlackBerry 10, taking a leaf from the BlackBerry legacy devices, one would expect a low end and a high end device. Clearly, the Z10 and Q10 are meant to be the high end device until end of 2013, whilst the upcoming Q5 is supposed to be the ‘Low-End’ device. But is this the case? Continue reading →

Earlier last month at BlackBerry Live in Orlando, USA, BlackBerry announced the big news that BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) will be coming to the rival platforms including Android and iPhone come summer. So now, we got a tip off that the BBM will actually come on 27 June, which is a few more days!!! Are you excited?

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One of the most exciting announcements back at BlackBerry Live was that BlackBerry Messenger, BBM, would finally be coming to both Android and iOS platforms this coming summer. Well, compared to the other BlackBerry projects, this one seemed to be one of the larger scale one, but the timeframe to release? Very short! Continue reading →